The Old Man and The Sea

This photo was taken at Kona, Big Island, Hawaii.

I watched as the old man took his paddleboard out to sea.

Lee

When day meets night

When day meets night, do we look forward to the future or back at the past?

The Bluebells' Dance

Pic by Pixerella.

Awakened by the call of birds at dawn,
I follow quietly their lovely song
to misty forests hiding in the morn
where darkness lingers, but does not belong.

From far, I spy a captivating glow;
a bluish hue the trees try to conceal.
Then from the distance, as the cold winds blow,
a million dainty bells begin to peal.

A wonderland beneath the blue spring sky
where thrushes sing a melody so gay,
the bluebells dance, with their skirts wafting high,
in wild abandon as they bob and sway.

Delightful memories of it remain;
I have to wait till spring to see again.

I've found it! I've found it!

Pic by Lee Siu Wei.

I have found it! After so many years of searching, I have finally found it! Or maybe, it found me.

You see, my second daughter recently took a trip to Iceland. It was very cold and there were only 4 hours of daylight a day but they enjoyed themselves thoroughly. In fact, they think it is their best holiday so far (her friends and she go on a short holiday every December).

In Iceland, they were riding through the snow, watching geysers, admiring waterfalls and scaling the glaziers when one evening (or is it morning?) they chanced upon the ends of the rainbow! They were amazed and excited and took some photos. So now, I have booked my plane ticket to Iceland with the exact locations of the ends of the rainbows locked in my mind.

It is a good thing that my daughter and her friends do not know that at the ends of the rainbow lie two huge pots of gold!

I am sorry but I have to be secretive about my trip. If word leaks out, it may spark a gold rush as wild as that of the Klondike or, the Iceland government may impose some kind of mining tax or other to get a share of my fortune.

I have got to go now. When I return, I shall be a very rich man!

[outside the window]

Pic by Lee Swee Wei


outside the window
lounging in the first sunset
my resolutions

[aloft the grey sky]

Pic by 4eversweet

aloft the grey sky
waving goodbye to the sun
the last leaf of fall

Two Old Rocking Chairs

Pic by stagnantblanket

two old rocking chairs
on the porch side by side
Indian summer